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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.495 Ratification Number:56 Act Number:55 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010322 Primary Sponsor:Wilson All Sponsors:Wilson, Verdin and McConnell Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20389sd01.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20010514 Date of Last Amendment:20010509 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20010529 Subject:Motor Vehicle license plates; special, display of; new, issued every six years; fees and cost; Public Safety Department History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20010611 Act No. A55 ------ 20010529 Signed by Governor ------ 20010523 Ratified R56 Senate 20010514 Concurred in House amendment, enrolled for ratification House 20010510 Read third time, returned to Senate with amendment House 20010509 Amended, read second time House 20010503 Committee report: Favorable with 21 HEPW amendment House 20010411 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Senate 20010410 Read third time, sent to House Senate 20010405 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20010404 Committee report: Favorable 15 ST Senate 20010322 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 4, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 3, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 9, 2001 - Word format
(A55, R56, S495)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-1265 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MUST DISPLAY IN ALL DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICES WHERE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES OR STICKERS MAY BE OBTAINED OR RENEWED EXAMPLES OF ALL TYPES OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES WHICH INDIVIDUALS OF A PARTICULAR GROUP MAY OBTAIN, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1230, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO SPECIFICATIONS OF LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NEW LICENSE PLATES MUST BE PROVIDED AT LEAST EVERY SIX YEARS, AND TO REQUIRE THAT A PORTION OF CERTAIN LICENSE PLATE OR REGISTRATION FEES MUST BE USED FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION AND ISSUANCE OF NEW PLATES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Display of special license plates
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-3-1265. The Department of Public Safety must display in all Division of Motor Vehicle offices where motor vehicle license plates or stickers may be obtained or renewed examples of all types of special license plates which individuals of a particular group may obtain. The provisions of this section do not apply to special personalized motor vehicle license plates which individuals may obtain from the department under Section 56-3-2010."
Issuance of new plates; fees used for this purpose
SECTION 2. Section 56-3-1230(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 497 of 1994, is further amended to read:
"(A) License plates must be at least six inches wide and not less than twelve inches in length and must show in bold characters the year of registration, the serial number, the full name or the abbreviation of the name of the State, and other distinctive markings the department may consider advisable to indicate the class of the weight of the vehicle for which the license plate was issued. The plate must be of a strength and quality to provide a minimum service of five years. A new license plate including personalized and special plates must be provided by the department at intervals the department considers appropriate, but at least every six years. Beginning with the vehicle registration and license fees required by this title which are collected after July 1, 2002, two dollars of each biennial fee and one dollar of each annual fee collected from the vehicle owner must be placed by the Comptroller General in a special restricted account to be used solely by the Department of Public Safety for the costs associated with the production and issuance of new license plates. The department is not authorized to use this set aside money for any other purpose. License plates issued for vehicles in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds must be issued biennially, and no revalidation sticker may be issued for the plates. License plates issued as permanent may be revalidated and replaced at intervals determined by the department."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. The set aside of two dollars of each biennial fee and one dollar of each annual fee and its placement into a special restricted account must begin with collections on and after July 1, 2002.
Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2001.
Approved the 29th day of May, 2001.
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